Iran president visits blast site as death toll hits 40

The death toll from a powerful explosion at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas has risen to at least 40, with more than 1200 people injured, state media reports say as firefighters worked to fully extinguish the fire and President Masoud Pezeshkian visited the site. Saturday’s blast took place in the Shahid Rajaee section of the port, Iran’s biggest container hub, shattering windows for several kilometres around, tearing metal strips off shipping containers and badly damaging goods inside, state media said. Fires kept breaking out in different parts of the affected area as of Sunday night, according to state media,…